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Subjects and Jon Hash “Hypster” - Currents of dark thrumming, and what sound like electric cicadas, gather under a tempo that rises around the listener here, delivering an excellent intro. As great as the first third is, the song then proceeds into more ethereal territory, with washes of sound crashed on by an occasional cymbal. This is then shaded in with waves of more synthesizers and vocals tha...

Pascal Nuzzo “Heat” - The beats surround the listener out of the gate on this track, bouncing down and around before a tinny beat comes in, bringing an inventive trade-off between choppy clapping and low synth tones. Like being on the inside of some giant metallic tunnel, the ride here is as pleasurable to listen to as it is fun to see the new places it goes to

[ Wex 10 ] “Pass Pass” - Dueling distorted vocals climb upward here above a track that still includes some truly haunting, darker depths. At the same time, a chattering escalation of sound whistles upwards, like the air itself is being pierced by the heights being aimed for here, yet the track never forgets to make room for thudding bass and upbeat energy.

Almost in answer to Capriatiʼs opener Flavio Diazʼs ʻCrazy Horseʼ sees more snare mayhem fused to an impenetrable groove.

Gaetano Parisio rolls out shuffling drums and filtered stabs aplenty with his accomplished and upbeat ʻBlack Outʼ which marks the midway point of the EP

Luigi Madonna closes down the EP with subtle, classic dub touches in the brilliantly titled ʻPapershitʼ.

Neapolitan don MarkAntonio breaks out discordant synths for the freaky ʻNeed Breakʼ.

Sasha Carrassi turns the lights out for the bubbling, moody and aggressive ʻTetrahertzʼ.

Rino Cerrone, the indomitable figurehead of Naples’ fertile techno scene, has a formidable reputation as one of the most consistent and prolific producers around. ‘Man on Moon’ is Cerrone’s seventh release for his own Unrilis imprint and it’s the sort of belligerently driving affair that has cemented his lynchpin status in worldwide techno. Fusing guttural bottom-end and clinically executed percus...

With track two, Mihalis Safras lends his talents to a rework of the title cut and the result is a creeping, fluid and machine-like slice of modern techno which sees the Greek producer rein in the original’s violent soundscape just the right amount.

Finally, Cerrone delivers ‘Basic Rude’, an out-and-out festival barnstormer that unapologetically aims itself squarely at the floor with a vast arsenal of builds, drops and percussive flourishes.

Needing Chords, backed by a remix from another Neapolitan legend in Rino Cerrone, is a heavy-set, muscular techno-workout which builds with unbridled intensity.

Rino Cerrone’s remix is considerably more stripped but loses none of the original’s power. Moodier and with a sinister edge, it’s an interpretation which provides an exciting slant on the original.

The skippy funk of Fake Stuff follows and does so with a playful urgency. Threaded with a snaking white noise motif that ebbs and flows under staccato keys, it¹s hugely hypnotic while not loosing its groove.

Finally, it’s the trippy synths of Program Meanings that close the EP. Heavily layered the track constantly and fluidly shifts with filters revealing new combinations of layers throughout while a funk licked bassline and heavy drums do the rest.

Memories from 2010. With this, ‘The Data Wave EP’, we see Cerrone serve up exactly what has made him such a bankable artist. Each track has funk, groove and swing in equal measure while each having a distinctive identity. From the banging relentlessness of ‘Ascendant’ and ‘Distra Funky’ to the more fractured rhythms of ‘That’s Problem’ and ‘Royal Time’ there’s room for every track in a set. Even w...

Memories from 2010. With this, ‘The Data Wave EP’, we see Cerrone serve up exactly what has made him such a bankable artist. Each track has funk, groove and swing in equal measure while each having a distinctive identity. From the banging relentlessness of ‘Ascendant’ and ‘Distra Funky’ to the more fractured rhythms of ‘That’s Problem’ and ‘Royal Time’ there’s room for every track in a set. Even w...

Memories from 2010. With this, ‘The Data Wave EP’, we see Cerrone serve up exactly what has made him such a bankable artist. Each track has funk, groove and swing in equal measure while each having a distinctive identity. From the banging relentlessness of ‘Ascendant’ and ‘Distra Funky’ to the more fractured rhythms of ‘That’s Problem’ and ‘Royal Time’ there’s room for every track in a set. Even w...

Memories from 2010. With this, ‘The Data Wave EP’, we see Cerrone serve up exactly what has made him such a bankable artist. Each track has funk, groove and swing in equal measure while each having a distinctive identity. From the banging relentlessness of ‘Ascendant’ and ‘Distra Funky’ to the more fractured rhythms of ‘That’s Problem’ and ‘Royal Time’ there’s room for every track in a set. Even w...

Memories from 2010. With this, ‘The Data Wave EP’, we see Cerrone serve up exactly what has made him such a bankable artist. Each track has funk, groove and swing in equal measure while each having a distinctive identity. From the banging relentlessness of ‘Ascendant’ and ‘Distra Funky’ to the more fractured rhythms of ‘That’s Problem’ and ‘Royal Time’ there’s room for every track in a set. Even w...

Side A Spider Pork good sounding tune, well worked and arranged, plenty of groove with warped percussions, and snappy snares, all together great stuff.

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